
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic and their principal guest conductor Ben Gernon in music by Bartok and Tchaikovsky. They are joined by saxophonist Jess Gillam for music by Glazunov and Debussy
Live from Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall
Presented by Tom Redmond
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin (Suite)
Debussy: Rhapsody for alto saxophone and orchestra
Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto
8.15
Music interval
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5
Jess Gillam (alto saxophone)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Ben Gernon (conductor)
In a live broadcast from the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic is joined by their Principal Guest Conductor, Ben Gernon, and saxophonist Jess Gillam. The programme opens with "an awful clamour, chatter, stampeding and blowing of horns" - that's Bartok's own description of the overwhelming city-scape that opens his ballet (or "pantomime" as he preferred to call it) The Miraculous Mandarin. A tale of sex, violence and murderous cruelty, the ballet was staged in 1926 but taken off after only one performance; this suite was virtually the only way the music could be heard for many years. After the interval we hear Tchaikovsky's satisfying Fifth Symphony. Here, dance of a totally different kind radiates from this Technicolour music, some of which could almost come from one of his ballets. Before that, Jess Gillam joins the orchestra for a performance of Gazunov's rarely-heard warm and lyrical Saxophone Concerto, and also invites us to join her on a journey into the unique and magical sound-world of Debussy's Rhapsody for alto saxophone.
Last on
More episodes
Previous
Music Played
-
Béla Bartók
Miraculous Mandarin - Suite
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon. -
Claude Debussy
Rhapsody for alto saxophone and orchestra
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon. -
Alexander Glazunov
Saxophone Concerto
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon. -
Alexander Glazunov
Saxophone Quartet
Performer: Raschèr Saxophone Quartet. -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 5
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon. -
Robert Schumann
Fairy Tales for clarinet, viola & piano
Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
Broadcast
- Fri 12 Oct 2018 19:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
Featured in...
More music on Radio 3—Radio 3 in Concert
We broadcast more live and specially-recorded concerts and opera than any other station.